TY - BOOK ID - 146789457 TI - Ancient Egyptian rituals against enemies AU - Kühne-Wespi, Carina AU - Quack, Joachim Friedrich PY - 2024 SN - 9783161625435 3161625439 9783161633737 PB - Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, DB - UniCat KW - Blessing and cursing KW - Ritual KW - Figurines KW - Ritual in art KW - History KW - Historiography KW - Egypt KW - Religion KW - Enemies KW - Rites and ceremonies KW - Ennemis KW - Rites et cérémonies KW - Religious aspects KW - Buddhism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:146789457 AB - The contributors to this volume discuss several aspects of ancient Egyptian rituals against enemies ("execration rituals"). Various kinds of sources - figurines, textual descriptions, iconographical depictions - make it possible to trace this phenomenon from the 6th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic-Roman period. A special focus lies on Middle Kingdom and Late Period/Ptolemaic-Roman execration figures, the methods that were applied to produce them, the ritual acts performed with these figures, and the personnel involved in the rituals. Other chapters deal with possible connections between execration and female figurines, or the question of how killings of human beings can be assumed to have formed part of these rituals. The volume thus demonstrates how different approaches and perspectives can contribute to increasing and improving our understanding of Egyptian rituals against enemies. ER -